Their next mission: simultaneously spearhead a 2084 book
and blockbuster in order to achieve instant dominance over pop
culture.

In doing so, they're aiming to engineer a cash cow on the scale
of "Harry Potter" -- with a much shorter timeline.

And Alloy is shoring up its bet on 2084 with a team of
publishing and Hollywood all-stars including "24" producer
Howard Gordon, "Final Destination" writer
James Wong and Harper Collins, which has agreed
to publish at least three 2084 novels.

Judging from the projects gearing up to compete with
2084, it seems clear that the pop culture pendulum is
about to swing from vampires and wizards to robots and dystopias.

Alloy announced another android-centric project of its own,
"The Robot," last week.